HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION - (210-265 lbs.) - The fighters made Fedor the overwhelming favorite. Minotauro moves up to #2, Cro Cop, Sylvia and Barnett round out Top Five. Cabbage is back in the Top 10.

1. Emelianeko Fedor - 117 Points (10 first place votes)
2. Minotauro Nogueira - 106 Points
3. Mirko Cro Cop - 86 Points
4. Tim Sylvia - 82 Points
5. Josh Barnett - 80 Points (1 first place vote)
6. Andrei Arlovksi - 57 Points
7. Pedro Rizzo - 42 Points
8. Frank Mir - 31 Points
9. Cabbage Correia - 20 Points
10.Gan McGee - 18 Points


Others receiving votes - Heath Herring - (17), Ricco Rodriguez (8), Justin Eilers (7) , Semmy Schilt (3), Vladimir Matyushenko (3), Igor Vovchanchin (2)


LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION - (205 lbs.) - Randy Couture didn't drop hardly at all from his loss to Belfot. As one fighter who votes told MMAWeekly "I see this as a no-contest...it was a freak accident, even Vitor himself said the same, that's why Randy didn't drop much"....Silva has the top spot, while Quinton Jackson cracks the Top 3 for the first time...

1. Vanderlei Silva - 115 Points (7 first place votes)
2. Randy Couture - 107 Points (5 first place votes)
3. Quinton Jackson - 101 Points
4. Chuck Liddell - 72 Points
5. Vitor Belfort - 68 Points
6. Tito Ortiz - 67 Points
7. Dan Henderson - 46 Points
8. Ricardo Arona - 22 Points
9. Babalu Sobral - 18 Points TIE and Murilo Bustamante 18 POINTS

Others Receiving Votes - Murilo Ninja Rua - 17, Sakuraba - 15, Yuki Kondo 12.




MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION - (185 lbs.) - Jeremy Horn debuts at #2 right behind Matt Lindland who was the dominant number one in the division. The Lee Murray Bandwagon is open and a lot of voters are riding in it as he debuts in the Top 5.


1. Matt Lindland - 118 Points (10 first place votes)
2. Jeremy Horn - 95 Points (2 first place votes)
3. Evan Tanner - 67 Points
4. Lee Murray - 65 Points
5. Phil Baroni - 61 Points
6. Anderson Silva - 55 Points
7. Ricardo Almeida - 38 Points
8. Nathan Marquardt - 36 Points
9. Paulo Filho - 30 Points
10.Niko Vitale - 29 Points


Others receiving votes - Jorge Rivera (18), Joe Doerksen (18), Dave Menne (16), David Loiseau (14), Benji Radach (13), Phillip Miller (5), Curtis Stout (4)



WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION - (170 lbs.) - BJ Penn debuts at #1. His teammate Charuto Verissimo debuts in the Top 5, while Georges St.Pierre cracks the Top 10.


1. BJ Penn - 120 Points (12 first place votes)
2. Matt Hughes - 107 Points
3. Sean Sherk - 95 Points
4. Charuto Verissimo - 73 Points
5. Robbie Lawler - 51 Points
6. Jason Black - 49 Points
7. Georges St. Pierre - 31 Points
8. Carlos Newton - 30 Points
9. Frank Trigg - 26 Points
10.Dennis Hallman - 17 Points

Others receiving votes - Chris Lytle - (15) , Karo Parisyan - (13) Hayato Sakurai (13), Nick Diaz (10), Jake Shields (8), Spencer Fisher (5), Shonie Carter (4), Pete Spratt - (2), Kiuma Kunioki - (1)



LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION - (155 lbs.) - Since Penn has left, the division is truly wide open. No dominant #1 here. Bang and Shaolin tied with first place votes, while Gomi moves back into the Top 3.

1. Bang Ludwig - 97 Points (5 first place votes)
2. Shaolin Ribero - 89 Points (5 first place votes)

3. Takanori Gomi - 78 Points
4. Josh Thomson - 70 Points
5. Hermes Franca - 69 Points

6. Yves Edwards - 63 Points
7. Joaquin Hansen - 53 Points
8. Genki Sudo - 36 Points
9. Din Thomas - 35 Points
10. Jens Pulver - 23 Points


Other receiving votes - Marcus Aurelio - 20 Points, Caol Uno - 13, Dokojonosuke Mishima- 13 Matt Serra - (10) Rich Clementi - (7), Jorge Gurgel - (3),

why Anderson ranked under Baroni ill never know. Chuck had 2 losses this year and Hendo KO'd Bustamante and yet he ranks that low.

Liddel belongs on the list but i dont think he should be that high either.

and Ortiz at number 6? That makes no sense at all

All of the other rankings seem pretty solid, when you base it on who beat who

Top 10 heavies....
sound about right, except 8-10. I'd put Ricco at 8, Mir at 9, and Cabbage at 10. McGee doesn't deserve a top 10 mention. That win vs. Rizzo was a fluke. Just watch McGee's last two fights, especially the one against Herring, and you'll know what I mean.

heavies: i'd take out Gan McGee and put in Herring or Ricco.

light heavies: looks good.

middle: i'd replace lindland with horn, i'd take out lee murray.. cmon now.. most have seen 1, at most 3 fights of him and he ranks #4? how the **** does he rank #4 yet the guy he beat is'nt even in the rankings at all? he should rank by who he has beat, not by talking funny and winning the crowd on one fight and a bar fight with tito ortiz.

welter: looks okay. i would'nt rank verisimo so high tho. hes only had like 6 nhb fights and most are against no top level fighters except for newton. i'd also prolly rank st. pierre a little higher.

light: looks good. now they need to take a bunch of those names and create a tournament.

Originally posted by xDOGGx
heavies: i'd take out Gan McGee and put in Herring or Ricco.

light heavies: looks good.

middle: i'd replace lindland with horn, i'd take out lee murray.. cmon now.. most have seen 1, at most 3 fights of him and he ranks #4? how the **** does he rank #4 yet the guy he beat is'nt even in the rankings at all? he should rank by who he has beat, not by talking funny and winning the crowd on one fight and a bar fight with tito ortiz.

welter: looks okay. i would'nt rank verisimo so high tho. hes only had like 6 nhb fights and most are against no top level fighters except for newton. i'd also prolly rank st. pierre a little higher.

light: looks good. now they need to take a bunch of those names and create a tournament.

He has two impressive wins against good fighters and a lot of these guys that voted were probably at the after party :lol1:

i'm guessing that you're talking about lee murray. even at 2 "impressive" wins, where are those 2 guys in the top 10 to suffice murray being #4? thats just stupid.

Originally posted by mmafanman
Top 10 heavies....
sound about right, except 8-10. I'd put Ricco at 8, Mir at 9, and Cabbage at 10. McGee doesn't deserve a top 10 mention. That win vs. Rizzo was a fluke. Just watch McGee's last two fights, especially the one against Herring, and you'll know what I mean. agreed